The 2006 season

Unnamed tropical storm (2006)

Unnamed tropical storm peaked at 40 kt in the South Indian between October 13, 2005 and October 17, 2005, with a lowest pressure of 994 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Unnamed tropical storm, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2006 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

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The storm

Basin
South Indian
Dates
October 13, 2005 to October 17, 2005
Peak strength
Tropical Storm, 40 kt (46 mph)
Lowest pressure
994 mb (29.35 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1738 km (1080 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
0.7
Identifier
SH012006

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Oct 13, 18:009.2S 84.2E20 kt1007 mbDisturbance
Oct 14, 00:009.6S 83.2E25 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Oct 14, 06:0010.2S 82.3E30 kt1000 mbTropical depression
Oct 14, 12:0011.1S 81.9E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 14, 18:0012.0S 81.4E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 00:0013.0S 81.3E40 kt994 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 06:0013.5S 81.0E35 kt997 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 12:0013.9S 80.6E35 kt996 mbTropical storm
Oct 15, 18:0014.2S 80.0E25 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Oct 16, 00:0014.5S 79.4E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Oct 16, 06:0014.8S 78.8E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Oct 16, 12:0015.0S 78.3E20 kt1004 mbDisturbance
Oct 16, 18:0015.1S 77.8E20 kt1004 mbExtratropical
Oct 17, 00:0015.0S 77.3E15 kt1006 mbExtratropical
Oct 17, 06:0014.9S 76.9E15 kt1006 mbExtratropical

Other South Indian storms of 2006

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.